fyi guys.. !!

4th Haswell processor is out for 14R and 15R series!! You can check it out at Dell Malaysia Official Website

normally Inspiron will be bulky in design, comes with low or mid range of spec.
Vostro focus more on mid range performance since it aim for business people. vostro tend to ignore their design since business people wont look into design anyway.

but i wonder why this model Vostro 5460 is different case. It seems like Dell focus more on the design, slim, light and portability but they ignore the performance of the laptop. Lots of complain on its WIFI telling that it only cover short range and the signal detection is very weak.

Already available...

http://www.dell.com/my/p/vostro-5470/fs

I wonder if we are going to get these or not...

http://www.engadget.com/2013/09/17/dell-in...00-inspiron-11/

Yeah, definitely

The vostro ultrabook suffer from this

1. Harddisk failure (Eithe the HDD will die or the Board will fried)
2. Battery failure (New notebook barely last 2hours)
3. Fragile (Dont drop)

We (as a company) uses 20++ of this notebook not even one escape from Harddisk failure or IC board burn...

You mean your company can get Vostro 5460 / 5470 with W7P?
Our IT has checked, Dell don't entertain. Anyway, for the previous batch, we decided to stick with Latitude E5430 for the juniors. Currently checking if Latitude 14 3000 is ok or not (cheaper than E5430), otherwise may wait for Latitude 14 5000 later this year.

I'm from Dell or working in any IT company / re-sellers lah

vostro 5460 and 5470 only got 1 slot
i think max can go only 8gb 

WhatMan, your awaits finally over 
presenting.... your dream laptop...

Inspiron 7000!!!

 

bros, i've been using the 5470 for a few hours now. I really hate the touchpad i would say...but the multitouch gestures do come in handy.

However, i have been looking at my Performance Monitor and I notice that Disk Writes is at 100% many of the times while my CPU hardly reaches 90% and at normal usage i am using 70% of my RAM.

I do feel some lag somehow, I wonder it's windows 8 or its due to the 100% Disk writes.

and wow...i can tell you that the battery rocks...it doesn't seem to end

I'll say Vostro 5460 / 5470 are quite "fragile" as well (i.e. the body / shell twist as much as the normal Inspiron . In fact, I'll say the new Inspiron 7000 series is slightly more "solid" than this Vostro  ). The repairman may be referring to the older Vostro 3460.

For mobile workforce on a tight budget, if you are into Dell, may want to have a look at Latitude 14 3000 (Latitude 3440) as well. Weight 2.0kg (about the same as Inspiron 14 7000), but solid enough (not as solid as the Latitude 6430 that I'm using in office, but still good), and can opt for 65Whr battery Price is also quite competitive for proper business class laptop (< RM3k). No docking port though (need to use USB docking). (in fact, I have the sneaky feeling that Dell has "move" the old Vostro line into Latitude 3000 series (since we don't see any Haswell refresh for Vostro 3360 / 3460 / 3560), and let Vostro brand run with 5470 type of models  )